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By analyzing DNA with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed a method that can accurately date up to ten-thousand year-old human remains. Accurately dating…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-develop-first-ai-based-method-dating-archaeological-remains- 2022-09-06

The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University. This may have led to incorrect results and misconceptions about ethnicity and genetic relationships. The method…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/study-reveals-flaws-popular-genetic-method- 2022-10-21

Solitary bees that ingested the pesticide clothianidin when foraging from rapeseed flowers became slower. In addition, the strawberries pollinated by these bees were smaller. This is shown by a new study from Lund University in Sweden…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/strawberries-were-smaller-when-bees-ingested-pesticides- 2022-09-19

Using data from the Gaia space telescope, a team led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden has shown that large parts of the Milky Way's outer disk vibrate. The ripples are caused by a dwarf galaxy, now seen in the constellation…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/mysterious-ripples-milky-way-were-caused-passing-dwarf-galaxy- 2022-09-26

A new study led by Lund University in Sweden shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with forests in the countryside - even if the forest areas are of…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests- 2022-09-30

The UN’s annual climate change conference is currently ongoing in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Over the course of two weeks, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to discuss how to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-conference-cop27-topics-agenda- 2022-11-09

Almost one fourth of Sweden’s last unprotected old-growth forest was logged between 2003 and 2019. At this rate, all of these ecologically unique and valuable forests will be lost in about 50 years. These findings add to the growing body…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/study-uncovers-widespread-and-ongoing-clearcutting-swedish-old-forests- 2022-11-09

Roberto García-Roa, postdoc at the department of Biology has won yet another prestigious photo award. This time he’s the overall winner of “Capturing Ecology”, the British Ecological Society photo competition. Congratulations Roberto, what…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/sharp-shooting-biologist-winner-international-photography-award- 2022-12-06

Study science Research for progress and the future Study advisersDepartmentsOur research in the research portal Research news Calendar Calendar on Lund University's main website (mostly in Swedish)

https://www.science.lu.se/startsida- 2026-07-27

With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team has managed to use light more efficiently. The finding could eventually be useful for controlling solar energy conversion during photosynthesis, or other…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/researchers-take-first-step-towards-controlling-photosynthesis-using-mirrors- 2023-01-05

Jan Dhont, a chemist whose major achievements have been significant for life science and food science, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Science at Lund University. Jan Dhont is a professor at the Heinrich-Heine…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/colloid-chemist-new-honorary-doctor-science- 2024-08-30

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and aerodynamic…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/feathered-robotic-wing-paves-way-flapping-drones- 2023-01-19

Only males among the fish species crucian carp have developed a strategy to protect themselves from hungry predators, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The explanation could lie in that the surrounding environment…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/stress-may-trigger-male-defence-against-predators- 2023-11-13

Martin Bech, senior lecturer in medical radiation physics, has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Over a five-year period, he will conduct several exciting projects within X-ray microscopy which, among other things, can be…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/radiation-physicist-receives-sek-20-million-grant-european-research-council-erc- 2023-02-02

Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund University. The researchers evaluated the national ‘Operation:…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/what-you-do-your-garden-help-pollinators-works- 2023-02-02

Since antiquity, humans have been fascinated by birds’ intercontinental migratory journeys. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that two areas in their genome decide whether a willow warbler flies across the Iberian Peninsula…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/genes-decide-willow-warblers-migration-routes- 2023-02-06

Small passerine birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are in the vicinity of the nest. This is shown in a long-term…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/urban-birds-prefer-native-trees- 2023-02-10

We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity- 2023-02-13

With the arrival of spring, bumblebee queens take their first wing beat of the season and set out to find new nesting sites. But they are flying earlier in the year, as a result of a warmer climate and a changing agricultural landscape,…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/earlier-take-could-lead-fewer-bumblebees-and-less-pollination- 2023-03-07

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a synthesis report summarizing the reports of recent years. Markku Rummukainen, Sweden's contact person for the IPCC and also Professor of Climatology at the Center for…

https://www.science.lu.se/article/new-climate-report-near-term-action-crucial- 2023-03-23